Soundtrack Session for United Artists: Follow That Dream, July 2, 1961

Studio :

RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee

Producer :

Hans Salter

Engineer :

Bill Porter

Angel

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July 2

Take 01

LFS

1:32

Follow That Dream Sessions/Stay Away

Take 02

Complete

3:05

Especially for You+"Follow That Dream Sessions/Stay Away"

Take 03

:

Possibly used for spliced master

Take 04

FS+Complete

2:57

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 05

Complete

2:59

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 06

Complete

2:50

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 07

:

Probably used for spliced master. Otherwise master.

Take NA

(M?)

:

Track?

Take NA

LFS?

1:26

Vocal overdub of track? Binaural

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take NA

LFS?

1:25

Vocal overdub of track? Binaural

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take NA

(M?)

:

Vocal overdub of track?

UN (Lost?)

Spliced?

M

2:39

Probably spliced from take 7 and unknown take(3?)

Command Performances/Double Features

Follow That Dream

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July 2

Take 01

FS

0:31

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 02

Complete

1:56

Silver Box(LP3/CD2)/25 Grandes Éxitos/FTD Sessions/WW Life

Take 03

Complete

2:18

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 04

Complete

1:52

Command Performances/Especially for You+ "FTD Sessions/WW Life"

Take 05

FS+FS

0:44

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 06

M

1:39

Double Features°(stereo master lost)

What a Wonderful Life

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July 2

Take 01

Complete

2:49

Collector's Gold+"FTD Sessions/What a Wonderful Life"

Take 02

FS

0:35

Collector's Gold+"FTD Sessions/What a Wonderful Life"

Take 03

FS+FS

0:52

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 04

FS+FS

1:02

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 05

LFS

1:36

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 06

Incomplete?

2:33

Interrupted at 2:12, followed by pause and ending.

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 07

M

2:27

Double Features°(stereo master lost)

I'm Not the Marrying Kind

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July 2

Take 01

FS

0:35

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 02

FS

0:37

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 03

FS

1:13

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 04

FS

0:53

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 05

LFS

1:38

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 06

Complete

1:54

Especially for You+"Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life"

Take 07

FS+FS

0:54

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 08

M

1:51

Double Features°(stereo master lost)

A Whistling Tune

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July 2

Take 01

FS+FS

0:42

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 02

FS

0:31

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 03

FS+Complete

2:53

Especially for You+Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 04

(M)

2:14

Double Features/Collectors Gold(1:57 edit)

Overdub

M

:

Whistling overdub of take 4

UN(lost)

Sound Advice

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July 2

Take 01

Complete

2:00

Especially for You+"Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life"

Take 02

FS

0:36

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 03

FS+FS

0:25

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 04

FS+LFS

1:45

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 05

FS

0:54

Follow That Dream Sessions/What a Wonderful Life

Take 06

M

1:47

Double Features°(stereo master lost)

Musicians:

Guitar :

Hank Garland

Guitar :

Scotty Moore

Guitar :

Neal Matthews

Bass :

Bob Moore

Drums :

Murrey "Buddy" Harman

Drums :

D.J. Fontana

Piano :

Floyd Cramer

Saxophone :

Homer "Boots" Randolph

Backup Vocals :

Millie Kirkham

Backup Vocals :

The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews and Ray Walker


Notes:

There is some confusion regarding the master of Angel. In one of Paul Dowling's interviews, Ernst Jorgensen said that the stereo master had survived because "they spliced Angel and A Whistling Tune back on one of the outtake tapes. I don't know why but they did.". This doesn't have to mean that the master was spliced from two takes, but it's a guess. In "A Life in Music" it is still listed as take 7. It is unknown why a vocal overdub was recorded as well, or if it was used for the (possibly) spliced master.

The Argentinian CD, "25 Grandes Éxitos"(74321 49055-2) includes Follow That Dream take 2 although the cover notes claim that it is the lost stereo master (take 6). The mistake can probably be blamed on the fact that BMG had used take 4 on "Command Performances" without saying so, not even an "unreleased" note, and that version was later listed as "take 2" in "A Life in Music".

Source update to follow. This session has been released in better quality than listed sources on the import CD 'Keep Following That Dream'(Kwimper Records 0761) and on the Czech CD 'Complete Follow That Dream Session'(Memory 2003). The Kwimper CD is a bit noise-reduced and edited, but seems to be mastered from a DAT source. Spectral plots of the Czech CD imply a MiniDisc source and it is about one or two generations down. Still, it has more ambience than the Kwimper ditto and it isn't edited. So a third, "best of both worlds" release would still be welcome...
("The Complete Follow That Dream Session"(AR 10008) is slightly better than "What a Wonderful Life"(Ranwood 1963). The CD "A Dream to Follow" hasn't been verified but ought to be identical to AR 10008. The takes on the Angel Records CD can be slightly improved by a high-lift and by stretching the pitch to 104.2%-104.9%.)